At this moment, shatter the dimensional barrier

The dishes were served in small plates, each serving a very small amount: miso soup, cherry rice balls, a small bowl of noodles, and a serving of tempura that could be finished in two bites. Together, they were just enough to fill the two petite girls. Yae Miko's serving included an extra large portion of fried tofu.

"Please have a meal, Your Excellency Yazae." Inaba Chitose and Inaba Touka put their hands together, as only the gods they were worshipping ate first, and only then could they eat their share.

"Oh~ It looks good." Yae Miko picked up a piece of golden-brown fried tofu with her chopsticks, put it in her mouth, and the crispy outside and tender inside texture instantly brought a happy expression to her face.

Although it can't compare to the taste of the Narukami Taisha version, the texture is still quite good. For a homemade version to achieve this level, it would at least rank in the top 30 in her 500-year lifespan.

"Eat up, your stomachs are growling." Yae no Miko said to the two well-behaved and sensible girls.

"Yes! We are grateful for your grace." Inaba Chitose and Inaba Touka happily ate their meal. Eating with the deity being worshipped was still too exciting for them, so they would occasionally glance cautiously at Yae no Miko.

Yae no Miko was used to it; every time a new shrine maiden came to Narukami Shrine, she was very cautious and careful around her, afraid of offending her.

"Your Highness, contact the shrine headquarters tomorrow. I need to convey the divine decree from the gods above," said Yae no Miko. Since Lord Tenri had entrusted her with protecting the people of this country, she was determined to do it perfectly.

Having just received elemental power, he was immediately presented with Lord Tenri's "Japanese Age of Gods Project," which aimed to allow the reborn Shin to directly govern the country.

She also knew the general situation of the country. Although they were managing the country quite well at present, she did not trust them, and she did not trust even the top management of Inazuma.

She was all too aware of the problems that would arise when a family head held a high position.

In the first generation, they would sincerely and diligently build the country. The second generation would follow the example of the first generation. The third generation would also do some practical things to some extent. But starting from the fourth generation, they would regard themselves as the masters of the country and treat the common people as domesticated livestock.

When those in power do this, their subordinates will follow suit.

Japan is currently doing a very good job of maintaining appearances. It doesn't directly show its true colors to ordinary people, but instead separates the upper and lower worlds. People in the lower world cannot access the upper world, so naturally they cannot see it.

News media, the economic lifeline, and the political system were all controlled by families and nobles, making it virtually impossible to break through class barriers.

Those who work in the catering industry go into the catering industry for generations, those who are officials go into the officialdom for generations, and those who are bankers go into the banker industry for generations. The occupational divisions are extremely closed and there is no exchange between them.

Because generations are confined to one industry, there is no shortage of industry elites, and various "rice masters" and "yakitori masters" often emerge.

The same applies to Shintoism in this country. Shrines are all family-owned private property, and the management of shrines throughout Japan is jointly established by the largest shrines and the national political system.

This is the 'Shrine Headquarters', which is managed by the high priests of the largest shrines and divides the shrines into five levels.

The highest level are the shrines dedicated to the national deity, such as Ise Grand Shrine, Meiji Grand Shrine, and Nikko Toshogu Shrine.

The second level is the "taisha" that enshrines the true forms of various high-level deities, such as Fushimi Inari Taisha.

The third level is the "main shrine" that worships various local deities. The main shrine is a large shrine that worships famous mountain gods, land gods, water gods, and river gods.

The fourth level consists of small shrines dedicated to the High Heaven God. They cannot enshrine the deity's physical form, but can only enshrine objects worn by the deity, such as headdresses or bells.

The fifth level consists of small shrines that enshrine local minor deities, such as Noragami.

Inaba Shrine is a small shrine at the fifth level, dedicated to the Heian fox god, who is unrelated to the Inari god.

These small shrines are everywhere in Japan, so they are just registered under the name of the 'Shrine Headquarters' and are completely marginalized and not noticed.

Therefore, even if the government wants to demolish a shrine or build a shopping mall, the central government will turn a blind eye, as long as it doesn't affect a shrine of level four or higher.

Because the families of shrines of level four or above are quite famous in the local area.

"It conveys the divine message from the gods in heaven." Chitose blinked. Wasn't this the divine message from Takamagaru, the god of thunder?

"Yes! I understand." Inaba Chitose nodded solemnly. Before she met the fox god, no one would have paid any attention to her in the main hall of the shrine. Now, she possessed the fox god's power and was a true shrine maiden.

Yae no Miko smiled and said, "From today onwards, the two of you are my familiars." She was secretly excited; taking on familiars was something only demon gods could do. If she did things well, she would become a god sooner or later, so taking on familiars early was a good idea.

She also wants to play the game of gods building a nation~

"Family members?"

“It means becoming the closest priestess,” Yae no Miko said.

"My closest shrine maidens!" Inaba Chitose and Inaba Touka's eyes sparkled, their hearts pounding. They were already overjoyed to become true shrine maidens, and the fox god meant for them to stay by his side forever!

……

Los Saint had now arrived at the coastline of Tokyo Bay. On the seabed of Tokyo Bay, ripples of space imperceptible to humans were spreading, covering an extremely large area, not to mention Tokyo Bay itself.

That means half of Tokyo's urban area is within the scope.

"The area affected by this fall is way too large. To delineate a restricted area, we'd have to include at least half of Tokyo." Los Saint glanced back at the bustling Tokyo skyline.

The Tokyo Bay coastal area is the economic zone of Tokyo, with all major ports located here. If this area were abandoned, the entire country's economy would be cut in half.

In addition, this country has a large population and little land, so economic collapse would trigger a great famine. In such a famine, the upper class would live well, but a large number of the lower class would certainly die.

“To combat human evil, the power of this nation alone is far from sufficient. It is necessary to gather the heroes who have grown up around the world.” Los Saint’s gaze swept across the spatial ripples in Tokyo Bay.

After a devastating war, the entire structure of the country was completely reshaped.

With the complete power of the lightning element and nourished by the World Tree, Raiden Shin will be able to be reborn before the evil of humanity descends. At that time, Raiden Shin will purge the entire country, killing those Celestial Dragons who deserve to die, and completely transforming Japan into Inazuma.

Raiden, who built a two-thousand-year-old nation from scratch, was not worried about governing the country.

hum-

At this moment, the grass element is spreading across the seabed, rapidly covering the entire seabed like a spider web, while the water element covers the grassland, forming a circular pattern that covers the entire Tokyo Bay.

Only the gods can see these things.

“Buyer actually broke off a branch of the World Tree to create a pseudo-ley line.” Los Saint nodded.

Using ley lines to unleash elemental power to impact all items that fall into this area, and even using pseudo-ley lines as seals to entangle human evil actions, it's just unknown how effective it will be.

Fucarus, on the other hand, used his power to weave a large net of 'slow water' in Tokyo Bay. When the target appeared in the net, the slow water quickly gathered and trapped the target.

"Let me see which human evil it is, so I can prepare myself mentally."

He activated his spatial powers to the fullest extent, sending a wisp of his will toward the dimensional passage that was emitting spatial ripples.

The spatial ripples were incredibly disruptive, and they also possessed an extremely dense and terrifying aura.

His thoughts crashed into the dimensional portal in an instant, and a terrifying aura enveloped him, creating immense resistance.

If the original dimensional portal was at rocket speed, then the current speed is only comparable to that of a baby carriage.

However, he soon saw what appeared in the dimensional portal.

It was a jet of pitch-black silt, each piece of which was enormous, larger than a skyscraper, and there was an immense amount of it.

The space in front of the dimensional portal looked like a white hole spewing matter.

"Black sludge? Could it be the evil of this world?" Luo Sheng's consciousness approached the dark sludge slightly, and was impacted by the enormous life force, causing his consciousness to weaken somewhat.

However, this life force was not a normal life force; instead, it was filled with sorrow and resentment, and carried the power of the rules of great authority.

"Full of sorrow and resentment, yet also teeming with life's silt? This is Tiamat!" Los Saint knew instantly where the black silt came from.

This is not 'silt', but 'saltwater' representing the earth's original form. After the world stabilized, the turbid earth elements gathered to form land, and the clear saltwater appeared to form the sea.

"Good! Tiamat is alright. Fortunately, it's not Goetia or the Alien God. Those two are truly helpless. Tiamat still has some options." Los Saint breathed a slight sigh of relief.

Although Tiamat is 'human evil', she is a rather unique one among human evils.

Tiamat gave birth to the gods and all life in the Sea of ​​Life, and surrounded by life, she was filled with the joy of motherhood.

However, once the world's ecology is perfected, she becomes a burden on the world and the existing ecology, and therefore must be driven away.

Because if she continues to give birth to new life, the existing ecosystem will collapse, and the living space of existing life will be occupied and squeezed. She cannot control herself from giving birth to new life, which is her instinct as the Mother Goddess of Life. Therefore, she becomes the enemy of the existing ecosystem and life.

Although it is tragic, it is also inevitable that the Mother Goddess, who gave birth to all life, becomes the enemy of the life she gave birth to.

She was fully aware of this, and when she realized that she would inevitably become 'human evil', she accepted her fate of being banished and sealed herself away. Even at the last moment, she wanted to protect the lives she had created, even if they regarded her as their enemy.

In other words, even if she descends as evil, her self-sealing will allow her to only be beaten and unable to fight back. In fact, the stronger her evil side is, the stronger her self-sealing will be.

She wanted to be defeated.

Los Saint's mind leaped forward, and some of the dark sludge flying past him was flying in the opposite direction, a repulsion from the Earth's vast space.

However, as more and more 'silt' pours in, the Earth's vast space will eventually be unable to withstand the repulsion.

He needs to know where Tiamat is now.

The silt ahead was increasing, as if it were forming a small asteroid belt.

With so much 'silt' gushing out, the sea level will rise by at least one meter. If it weren't for the elemental power generated by the World Tree to counteract it, he dared not imagine how many coastal cities on Earth would be flooded.

A rise of even half a meter in sea level, let alone one meter, could submerge some island nations.

The pressure from ahead grew stronger, and this last vestige of will began to crumble.

But then she saw a blurry shadow ahead, a shadow that was enormous, over two hundred meters long, with two huge horns that snaked backward from its head, and pale blue and silver hair that enveloped its massive body, surrounded by swirling black silt.

Strange-looking monsters are being born in the mud.

These bizarre monsters are Rahmu, whom she, as a human, used to destroy human civilization.

These monsters are produced at an extremely fast rate, growing exponentially with the expansion of the 'Sea of ​​Life,' spreading to occupy an entire ocean within days, and the number of Rahmu will exceed 50 billion.

The number of Rahmu is equal to the number of humans.

This would be a crisis of extinction for human civilization. Without the help of gods and heroes, the chances of human civilization overcoming this crisis are less than one in a billion.

"what……"

Tiamat, amidst the swirling black mud, sensed the will of the gods, raised her head to look over, and uttered a soft, mournful voice, as if pleading with Los Santos, "Child, why did you abandon your mother?"

"..." Los Saint's thoughts were somewhat speechless. Tiamat's consciousness had been taken over by the instinct of 'human evil', and her self-awareness was completely shut down. These voices were all instincts of her body.

However, this was not a sound, but a thought that was similar to his current situation.

In dimensional channels devoid of time and space, only consciousness and intention can propagate; consciousness and intention are not bound by space and time.

Snap! Bang!

Los Saint's will could not hold on any longer and shattered.

"Hoo~" Luo Sheng patted his forehead. What a terrifying aura! It was practically mental pollution. Even without launching an attack, the aura itself carried the 'anti-god special attack'.

"Did you just investigate the dimensional portal? Did you find out which human evil it was?"

Grass and water elements gathered around Los Santos, and Buyer and Fucaros stepped out.

Los Saint looked at Buyer: "We did find it. Tiamat. Luckily it wasn't Goetia, or we really wouldn't have won."

“And… it doesn’t necessarily have to be about killing her.” As Luo Sheng said this, the corners of his mouth turned up slightly.

“The Sea of ​​Life is indeed a troublesome thing on Earth, but there are so many planets in the solar system…” Los Saint stopped there, and Buyer and Fucaros already understood what he meant.

“Huh…so that’s what you think?” Buyer exclaimed in surprise.

“Tiamat became evil to humanity simply because she was ruthlessly abandoned after creating all things as the Mother of Life. Wouldn’t it be enough to satisfy her joy of being a mother?” Los Saint shrugged.